100 Years of Lynchings, first published in 1962, is as relevant today as it was then. It provides vivid newspaper articles of a "red record of racial atrocities." to the reader. It is a straightforward and easy-to-understand presentation. The news stories speak for themselves because there is no narrative. We witness a history of racial horrors through them that we…
Gerald Massey, an intellectual and freethinker, turned his considerable study in the subject of Egyptology into A Book of the Beginnings, a daring declaration that ancient Egypt is the genesis of all civilisation. His claims, which were revolutionary at the time—nearly a century before the finding of three-million-year-old human remains in Africa—resonate loudly now, as molecular biology makes matching discoveries…
Dr. Ben debunks stereotypes about the inferiority and primitiveness of indigenous African peoples and their descendants in a lecture/essay style. Here's where you can get Africa, Mother of Western Civilization.
Osei investigates African contributions to the arts, sciences, philosophy, and religion. He does it by chronicling and weaving a historical framework. Osei was a self-taught historian who was well-versed in a wide range of books and papers regarding ancient and modern Africa.
It was first published in 1954, at a time when there were few publications on African history written by Africans. The book was written in response to conventional and frequently racist histories of Africa. It was an intimate history of Africa and its ancient civilizations. African Glory continues to provide a vivid and dynamic connection to the African past half…
This classic, now in its 30th printing, help in analyzing, archaeological, and anthropological evidence for the notion t hat ancient Egypt was a black culture.
The Black Classic Press Contemporary Lecture Series begins with Dr. John Henrik Clarke's African People in World History. The ideas voiced by notable modern intellectuals and essayists are published in this series. Dr. Clarke is both of these things. He is a Hunter College Professor Emeritus in African World History. He has committed his life as a historian, educator, and…
Gerald Massey's first two Egyptology series flipped conventional wisdom on its head, arguing that Egypt not only founded human civilization, but that Egyptian mythology formed the foundation for Jewish and Christian beliefs. Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World is Massey's crown treasure, the culmination of his years of scholarly effort. Massey, ever the intrepid escort, leads a tour through…
Ancient Future honors the knowledge of ancient civilizations who did not separate the intellectual, spiritual, and physical aspects of existence. This book is an attempt to recreate this holistic experience in the hopes of realizing a holistic picture of life in the twenty-first century.
The author flipped the hagiography of many prior American historians on its head in this landmark work. Unlike those writers who emphasized idealistic impulses as a role in defining the framework of American government, Beard questioned the Founding Fathers' objectives in crafting the Constitution and saw the outcome as a product of economic self-interest.
While much is known about the anti-slavery movement's white participants, the black abolitionists have received less attention. This book, authored by one of the country's foremost black historians, corrects the record. As Benjamin Quarles demonstrates, blacks in the abolitionist movement were far from quiet. Many of the abolitionists were black; scores of black preachers and authors actively advocated the cause;…
The author traces the rise of this enigmatic class from the segregated South to the postwar boom in the integrated North, demonstrating how, along the way to what appeared to be prosperity and progress, middle-class blacks lost touch with their traditional black roots while never receiving recognition from the white sector. According to Frazier, the consequence is an odd bourgeois…
The first book by Dr. Anderson is a classic. It examines how slavery and Jim Crow regulations were utilized to build a powerful nation using black labor. It describes how black people were socially molded into the bottom level in a real-life Monopoly game, one in which they are neither playing nor winning. Black Labor is a detailed examination of…
Only a few days before the author's death, Blood In My Eye was completed. During an attempted attempted escape, George Jackson was killed by San Quentin prison guards on August 21, 1971. George Jackson was convicted of stealing $70 from a petrol station at the age of eighteen and was sentenced to one year to life in prison. He was…
Dutty Boukman joins forces with Cecile Fatiman to tap into the energies of African spirituality and lead the early slave revolts of the Haitian Revolution after being sold by his slave master in Jamaica to a slaver in Saint Domingue (colonial Haiti). Boukman would be recognized as the spark that ignited the only successful Black Revolution, as the rebellious Africans…
Slavery aided in the funding of England's Industrial Revolution. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants involved in the slave trade amassed large riches, which were used to construct banks and heavy industry in Europe, as well as spread capitalism's reach globally. In his 1944 book Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams articulated these important concepts. His insightful analysis, which was years ahead…
David Walker's Appeal is a resolutely African-centered rhetoric that criticizes white injustice and promotes Black self-reliance. Its release in 1830 heightened the discussion and opposition against slavery. The Appeal is a foundational document from which many present topics in Black political philosophy have grown. It is more than a protest against slavery.
Chancellor Williams spent sixteen years researching and field studying The Destruction of Black Civilization. The book was supposed to be ""a universal struggle against the covert message from even the most 'liberal' white authors (and their Negro disciples): 'You belong to a race of nobodies.'" You have no significant history to be proud of.'" " The book was published at…
"Cheikh Anta Diop has posed the question of whether the African philosophical tradition may serve as a model for a philosophy that is more sensitive to human needs than the many messages offered by European philosophy. This book is unquestionably a contribution to that endeavor. What one discovers here is not only a significant challenge to the Eurocentric interpretation of…
From Columbus to Castro: The Caribbean's History is about 30 million people scattered across an arc of islands—Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Martinique, Trinidad, and others—separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers but bound together by a common heritage. The nationality of their rulers has made only a theoretical difference to the peoples of…
The only successful slave revolt in history, Haiti: The First Black Republic is a stunning study on the interesting events of the Haitian Revolution. This comprehensive narrative of how Haiti resisted French colonial control, destroyed three great powers' armies, and earned independence is a must-read for all Haitians and history buffs.
The decisiveness of colonialism's brief reign and its bad implications for Africa stem mostly from Africa's loss of power. Power is the ultimate determinant in human society , as it is fundamental to all group and intergroup connections. It entails the ability to protect one's interests and, if necessary, enforce one's will using whatever methods at hand. The question of…
This book documents changes in women's home reproduction, legal status, and gender roles that occurred during colonial authority, based on rare oral evidence from women participants in the Mau Mau insurrection.
This book portrays African Americans' strengths, shortcomings, achievements, and blunders in a Black history textbook that extends beyond "Negro" to African history. It includes exam questions and vocabulary exercises, and it is beautifully illustrated.
After ten years of introspection following his formal liberation in 1846 and his separation with his mentor William Lloyd Garrison, ex-slave Frederick Douglass's second autobiography thrust him into the international limelight as the leading advocate for American blacks, both free and slave. My Bondage and My Freedom was written during Frederick Douglass' illustrious career as a speaker and newspaper editor,…
The New Humanity; Shackles; The Cultural Continuum; The Truth of Liars; Inner Vision; Black Capital; Racism, Colorism, and Power; blacks; I Am Not Ashamed; Dedication to an Afrikan; and Voices in the Tradition of the Afrikan Warrior are among the eleven articles included in this book.
